Key bridge in Baltimore collapses after cargo ship crashes into it

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Anonymous wrote:Forgive me if this was already asked, but how do cargo ships typically pass through/by the bridge? Do they usually go under, and this ship hit the pylon instead? I do not think there is a drawbridge. That ship seemed piled high with cargo. It doesn't look like it would have fit going under the bridge.

The point of the bridge where the ships pass under is 185 feet above the water surface. At an average of 14 ft/story, that is the equivalent height of a 13-story building underneath that part of the bridge.

The container ship is the dark silhouette on the left. It is below the part of the span is it passing by and it is heading towards the middle of the span, where the passageway is. The section of the bridge in the middle is higher than the portion that the ship is passing by. It easily has clearance to go under the bridge.

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Anonymous wrote:I think people have a very hard time accepting the fact that there are sometimes tragic situations in which you will likely die and be unable to save your loved ones.

+1000.

Shit happens as they say. Lots of shit happens I say, in life.

When it's your time, it's your time. You just can't always survive things. People take waaaaay too many precautions. When it's your time to go, that's all there is.

[Anonymous]

I have to agree with the earlier PP--are cargo ships normally piled this high? this one looks like it has a very high pile of cargo on it and how is that even secured? I can imagine things shifting or moving as this ship hits waves out at sea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to agree with the earlier PP--are cargo ships normally piled this high? this one looks like it has a very high pile of cargo on it and how is that even secured? I can imagine things shifting or moving as this ship hits waves out at sea.

Here let me google that for you:

https://youtu.be/9MmkEVEh_24?si=_WC3ingErrr97fo7

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to agree with the earlier PP--are cargo ships normally piled this high? this one looks like it has a very high pile of cargo on it and how is that even secured? I can imagine things shifting or moving as this ship hits waves out at sea.

This is what container ships look like. They are really really large.

This is what our modern economy drives. Huge amounts of import and export in huge boats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have to agree with the earlier PP--are cargo ships normally piled this high? this one looks like it has a very high pile of cargo on it and how is that even secured? I can imagine things shifting or moving as this ship hits waves out at sea.

This is really not that hard to find out on the interwebs.
They are piled very high. They are topheavy. They have things figured out about going into the ocean. They've been doing it for years. You can unload that ship in hours, not days. That's the beauty(?) of containers.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people marking themselves safe from the bridge collapse on FB?

The media quickly quantified the limited number of victims.

It’s the worst kind of attention seeking.

To be fair, it’s probably easier than answering countless texts from friends/family who know little beyond “key bridge in Baltimore collapses.”

It happened in the middle of the night during the work week (not weekend), and the people I see doing it are older white women who don’t live anywhere near the bridge and wouldn’t be out that late at night. It’s so weird.

It’s a gross joke. The “marked safe from X” has been a joke on FB for years. Anyone doing that after this tragedy would be unfriended and cut from my life.

I don’t know anyone doing this, and I have a number of family and friends who live in the Baltimore area. Maybe you run in an attention-seeking circle?

Me either. Literally none. Stop with the invented drama.

Total DP, I have a friend who is from B-more who did it. It did in fact make me roll my eyes HARD

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Anonymous wrote:Why are people marking themselves safe from the bridge collapse on FB?

The media quickly quantified the limited number of victims.

It’s the worst kind of attention seeking.

To be fair, it’s probably easier than answering countless texts from friends/family who know little beyond “key bridge in Baltimore collapses.”

It happened in the middle of the night during the work week (not weekend), and the people I see doing it are older white women who don’t live anywhere near the bridge and wouldn’t be out that late at night. It’s so weird.

It’s a gross joke. The “marked safe from X” has been a joke on FB for years. Anyone doing that after this tragedy would be unfriended and cut from my life.

I don’t know anyone doing this, and I have a number of family and friends who live in the Baltimore area. Maybe you run in an attention-seeking circle?

Maybe pay attention to what you’re responding to? I didn’t say my “circle” was posting they were safe on FB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forgive me if this was already asked, but how do cargo ships typically pass through/by the bridge? Do they usually go under, and this ship hit the pylon instead? I do not think there is a drawbridge. That ship seemed piled high with cargo. It doesn't look like it would have fit going under the bridge.

Are there lots of kids on here during spring break?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Forgive me if this was already asked, but how do cargo ships typically pass through/by the bridge? Do they usually go under, and this ship hit the pylon instead? I do not think there is a drawbridge. That ship seemed piled high with cargo. It doesn't look like it would have fit going under the bridge.

The bridge used to be taller.

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Anonymous wrote:They need to set up a ferry for locals. Something like within X miles of the bridge and only provide it for locals.

I cant imagine living in Sparrows Point and commuting to Glen Burnie for work and then your 20 min commute turns into 1.5 hours. Or vice versa. The surrounding areas are mostly working class and cannot afford this- in time or in funds.

I am somewhat familiar with both of these areas. I just did a Google map search and it would take 35 minutes using the Ft McHenry tunnell. It's not great but it's not 1.5 hours.

I am confident that your estimate isn't modified to account for all the additional traffic alternate routes would take now that the FSK bridge is out of operation. Every other major thoroughfare is going to have significant additional traffic.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to agree with the earlier PP--are cargo ships normally piled this high? this one looks like it has a very high pile of cargo on it and how is that even secured? I can imagine things shifting or moving as this ship hits waves out at sea.

This is really not that hard to find out on the interwebs.
They are piled very high. They are topheavy. They have things figured out about going into the ocean. They've been doing it for years. You can unload that ship in hours, not days. That's the beauty(?) of containers.

Sometimes they lose some containers, such as the famous container of rubber ducks.
https://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134923863/moby-duck-when-28-800-bath-toys-are-lost-at-sea

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I and a few dozen of my friends have marked ourselves safe here. Facebook prompted us because we live near the bridge and we clicked safe or not affected.

Why? Some of us who are middle aged, connect with a lot of friends from past periods of life on Facebook. I have FB friends from middle school and high school in another state. I have friends from college in another state. I have friends from work in another state. And I have family and friends who have relocated to other parts of the country who know I lived relatively close to that bridge. I've been asked a lot by FB friends if I have been affected or my commute has been affected by the bridge. Marking myself as unaffected by the event, just cuts down on the number of inquiries I get from far away friends, especially friends who have never lived in this area.

It's not for attention seeking or internet popularity (neither applies for me and my group of friends).

So your friends thought you might be one of 8 people who were on an overnight construction crew or working on this ship? Because even the earliest reports about this incident in the news stated that the only people injured/killed were those in the construction crew and at first some ambiguity about whether or not there may have been casualties on the ship.

Whether or not your commute is affected is a question not even answered by marking yourself “safe.”

There was no reason for you to mark yourself “safe” except to act like you have a personal connection to this tragedy when you clearly don’t.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to agree with the earlier PP--are cargo ships normally piled this high? this one looks like it has a very high pile of cargo on it and how is that even secured? I can imagine things shifting or moving as this ship hits waves out at sea.

Whatever they’re doing to secure them seems to be working. I can’t find the source now but I know I read that only two fell off into the river. And only 13 are damaged. I think they fit together, not necessarily like Legos but in a way that they’re very secure.
https://abc7chicago.com/dali-cargo-ship-baltimore-bridge-collapse-patapsco-river/14577560/?ex_cid=TA_WLS_TW&taid=660444e945080900013e9e1e&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I and a few dozen of my friends have marked ourselves safe here. Facebook prompted us because we live near the bridge and we clicked safe or not affected.

Why? Some of us who are middle aged, connect with a lot of friends from past periods of life on Facebook. I have FB friends from middle school and high school in another state. I have friends from college in another state. I have friends from work in another state. And I have family and friends who have relocated to other parts of the country who know I lived relatively close to that bridge. I've been asked a lot by FB friends if I have been affected or my commute has been affected by the bridge. Marking myself as unaffected by the event, just cuts down on the number of inquiries I get from far away friends, especially friends who have never lived in this area.

It's not for attention seeking or internet popularity (neither applies for me and my group of friends).

I’m sure your friends were very worried you were one of the people on the bridge in the construction crew or on the ship that night so it was really thoughtful of you to mark yourself “safe” on Facebook so they don’t have to worry.